page_title: 1778
section_title: January–April
hierarchical_section_title: 1778 / Births / January–April
context_page_description: 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1778th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 778th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1778, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 1
  James Grant, British Major-General C.B. (d. 1852)
  Tredwell Scudder, American politician (d. 1834)
  Charles Alexandre Lesueur, French naturalist (d. 1846)
  January 3 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1861)
  January 4
  Billy J. Clark, American politician (d. 1866)
  Paolo Polidori, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1847)
  John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, England (d. 1857)
  Jean-Antoine Alavoine, French architect (d. 1834)
  January 5 – Charles-Guillaume Étienne, French writer (d. 1845)
  January 6 – Thomas Lincoln, Farmer, Carpenter (d. 1851)
  January 7 – Anthony Todd Thomson, British dermatologist (d. 1849)
  January 9 – Thomas Brown, Scottish metaphysician (d. 1820)
  January 10 – Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante, Argentine politician (d. 1851)
  January 11 – Agathon Jean François Fain, French historian (d. 1837)
  January 12 – William Herbert, British politician (d. 1847)
  January 13 – Sir Isaac Goldsmid, 1st Baronet, British financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom (d. 1859)
  January 15 – Joseph Adamy, Nassauian politician (d. 1849)
  January 16
  Teodoro Lechi, Italian general (d. 1866)
  John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish peer and soldier (d. 1860)
  January 17
  Donald Macdonell, Canadian politician (d. 1861)
  George Black, Canadian politician, businessman and important shipbuilder in Quebec, during the earlier part of the 19th century (d. 1854)
  January 18 – George Bellas Greenough, British geologist (d. 1855)
  January 20 – Louis Antoine François Baillon, French naturalist, collector (d. 1855)
  January 21 – Jeremiah O'Brien, American politician (d. 1858)
  January 23 – Alire Raffeneau Delile, French botanist (d. 1850)
  January 24 – Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, England (d. 1820)
  January 25 – Matsudaira Norihiro, Japanese daimyō who ruled the Nishio Domain (d. 1839)
  January 26
  Jakob von Washington, Bavarian general (d. 1848)
  Johann Georg Stauffer, Austrian luthier (d. 1853)
  January 27
  Christian Mathias Schröder, German politician (d. 1860)
  Andrew Sterett, United States Navy officer (d. 1807)
  January 28 – James Tallmadge, Jr., American politician (d. 1853)
  January 29 – John Williams, Tennessee politician (d. 1837)
  January 31 – Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, Austrian statesman (d. 1861)
  February 1 – Joseph Richardson, American politician (d. 1871)
  February 2 – Mary Anne Talbot, British wartime cross-dresser (d. 1808)
  February 3
  Cornelis Vollenhoven, Dutch politician (d. 1849)
  John Ritchie, British newspaper founder (d. 1870)
  February 4 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)
  February 5 – Jan Nepomucen Umiński, Polish general (d. 1851)
  February 6 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (d. 1827)
  February 13 – William P. Van Ness, United States federal judge (d. 1826)
  February 14 – Fernando Sor, Spanish musician (d. 1839)
  February 16
  John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton of Great Britain (d. 1863)
  Rosalie Stier Calvert, 19th century Maryland plantation owner, correspondent (d. 1821)
  February 17 – Vincenzo Pucitta, Italian composer (d. 1861)
  February 19
  Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn, Russian military commander (d. 1845)
  Henry Ashley, American politician (d. 1829)
  Daniel Williams Harmon, American-born Canadian fur trader, diarist (d. 1843)
  February 20 – Margaret Bayard Smith, American writer (d. 1844)
  February 22
  Sir Roger Martin, 5th Baronet of Great Britain (d. 1854)
  Franz Ludwig Catel, German artist (d. 1856)
  Rembrandt Peale, American painter (d. 1860)
  Gottfried Wilhelm Becker, German physician, writer (d. 1854)
  February 25 – José de San Martín, Argentine general (d. 1850)
  March 1
  Chrétien Géofroy Nestler, French botanist (d. 1832)
  Amos Lane, American politician (d. 1849)
  March 2
  William Austin, American politician (d. 1841)
  Vincent Moulac, French naval officer (d. 1836)
  March 3
  Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1841)
  Peter Laurie, British politician (d. 1861)
  March 4
  Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet, British Army general (d. 1860)
  Robert Emmet, Irish rebel (d. 1803)
  Florestano Pepe, Italian general (d. 1851)
  March 
caption: Margaret Bayard Smith
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